From Colonial to Modern : : Transnational Girlhood in Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand Literature, 1840-1940 / / Michelle J. Smith, Kristine Moruzi, Clare Bradford.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter ACUP Complete eBook-Package 2018
• VerfasserIn: Smith, Michelle J. ,; Bradford, Clare,; Moruzi, Kristine,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (280 p.)

Through a comparison of Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand texts published between 1840 and 1940, From Colonial to Modern develops a new history of colonial girlhoods revealing how girlhood in each of these emerging nations reflects a unique political, social, and cultural context. Print culture was central to the definition, and redefinition, of colonial girlhood during this period of rapid change. Models of girlhood are shared between settler colonies and contain many similar attitudes towards family, the natural world, education, employment, modernity, and race, yet, as the authors argue, these texts also reveal different attitudes that emerged out of distinct colonial experiences. Unlike the imperial model representing the British ideal, the transnational girl is an adaptation of British imperial femininity and holds, for example, a unique perception of Indigenous culture and imperialism. Drawing on fiction, girls’ magazines, and school magazine, the authors shine a light on neglected corners of the literary histories of these three nations and strengthen our knowledge of femininity in white settler colonies.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- Section One – Empire and Transnational Flows -- 2. Colonial Girls’ Print Culture -- 3. Girlhood in the British Empire -- Section Two – National and Transnational Dynamics -- 4. The Colonial and Imperial Family -- 5. Environment and the Natural World -- 6. Race and Texts for Girls -- Section Three – Modernity and Transnational Femininities -- 7. Work and Education -- 8. Girlhood and Coming of Age during the First World War -- 9. Modernity and the Nation -- 10. Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index